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USDA To Spend Mucho on Chicken Vaccine
Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding already being provided to indemnify growers for depopulated flocks.As the Secretary detailed in the Wall Street Journal, the five-pronged strategy includes an additional $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million in financial relief for affected farmers, and $100 million for vaccine research, action to reduce regulatory burdens, and exploring temporary import options. -------------- The additional spending will, I think, eventually save money because the Dept of Ag is now paying hundreds of millions each quarter to poultry operators to offset the culling of their chickens. Related: Brooke Rollins 03/02/2025 Feds Considering Vaccination for Chickens to control avian flu Brooke Rollins 11/29/2024 The Powerful and Intelligent Women Joining the Trump Administration Brooke Rollins 11/24/2024 Politics round-up: President-elect Trump and Congressional Republicans flooding the zone Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-03-05 |
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